Mary Isabella Cummings

Brief Life History of Mary Isabella

When Mary Isabella Cummings was born on 13 November 1852, in South Paris, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, Hiram Thayer Cummings, was 34 and her mother, Eliza A. Cloudman, was 31. She lived in New Hampshire, United States in 1870 and Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 12 November 1915, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

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Augustus Ballard
1842–
Mary Isabella Cummings
1852–1915

Sources (4)

  • Isabel Cummins in household of Jacob Morse, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Isabella L. Cummings Warren, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Dell Cummings in household of Wellington Cummings, "United States Census, 1870"

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1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon

The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco

The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English (of Norman origin): variant of Cumming , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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